White Cane Awareness Day is a day to raise awareness about the right of blind and visually-impaired people to move freely with a white cane or a guide dog. As WAMC's Sajina Shrestha reports, many people use the day to also promote pedestrian safety.

Honorah Bullough walks the streets of Troy with a phone and a microphone. She asks people she meets to talk about their experiences, and then she edits their answers down into short, punchy videos. The on-the-ground portraits of who is out and about in the streets of Troy also show how those people perceive the place that they live. The series on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook is called "What's Troy Thinking." Bullough discussed the project and how it came to be on Northeast Notebook Live with WAMC's Sam Dingman and Molly Anderson.

Albany Airport CEO Stephen Clark took the top job amid an ongoing, nine-figure renovation project and reporting on the ouster of his predecessor, Philip Calderone.

Schenectady's new procedure for removing absentee City Council members comes after Councilmember Carmel Patrick suffered a stroke and took a 7-month leave of absence.

Ten Schenectady residents voiced concerns about the budget as Mayor Gary McCarthy proposes a 42% tax increase to bridge an approximately $15 million budget.

Pope Leo XIV's doctors say his recovery is proceeding as planned following an operation to remove a cancerous mass from his right lung. Bishop Mark O'Connell of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, who says he's set to meet the pope this spring, discussed the latest with WAMC's Andrew Pugliese.

About 14% of New Yorkers fall below the federal poverty line, but United Way says another 34% are "ALICE," or Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed.

Troy Police say the 8-year-old child is in the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after being hit by a vehicle.

The return of Schenectady's school bus service comes after a vandalism incident forced the district to cancel bus service this morning.

WAMC's Southern Adirondack Bureau Chief Aaron Shellow-Lavine sat down with Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner to discuss what she’s hearing from constituents in Saratoga, Warren and Washington counties and how she believes she's working to meet their needs.